Dana Gioia (born in Los Angeles, California) is a poet, critic, and arts administrator who served as Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts from 2003 to 2009. A leading figure in the New Formalism movement, he is widely known for his essay Can Poetry Matter? (1991), which sparked national debate about poetry's cultural role. His poetry collections include Daily Horoscope (Graywolf, 1986), The Gods of Winter (1991), and Interrogations at Noon (Graywolf, 2001), which won the American Book Award. He holds an MBA from Stanford University and an MA in comparative literature from Harvard. He served as California Poet Laureate from 2015 to 2018.